Texas Town Bans Flock Surveillance Cameras; Councilmember Retaliates with Proposal to Ban Cell Phones and Internet
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Summary
The Bandera, Texas city council voted 3-2 to end its contract with Flock, a surveillance company providing AI license plate reader cameras funded by a state grant. Following the vote, a dissenting council member proposed extreme countermeasures including banning cell phones, internet, cameras, and nearly all technology within the town of roughly 900 residents. The Flock technology had been highly controversial among residents, sparking months of debate and outrage.
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one of the dissenting council members crashed out and said he would be introducing measures to ban cell phones, the internet, cameras, and nearly all technology in the town of roughly 900 people.
a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits
a total termination of all internet services.
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